
The Senate’s proposed supplemental bill that would fund continued military, security and other assistance for Ukraine and Israel also includes $758.5 million in acquisition and deployment appropriations to help secure the southern U.S. border with Mexico. The proposed border security technology funds are $90.5 million less than the Biden administration requested last October as part of the supplemental package. The administration is seeking $849 million for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to purchase and field non-intrusive inspection (NII) systems to…